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Tusla was the focus of three data compliance inquiries conducted by the Data Protection Commission

Tusla focus of data compliance inquiries under GDPR

Ireland / 20 Feb

The data watchdog has concerns over the new dating feature

Facebook postpones EU dating service amid DPC concerns

Ireland / 13 Feb

The findings follow an extensive investigation by the data protection watchdog into the Public Services Card

DPC finds Public Services Card in breach of data law

Ireland / 17 Aug 19

The PSC was first introduced in 2011 for social welfare payments

Widespread use of Public Services Card broke data laws

Ireland / 16 Aug 19

Facebook until recently carried out human review of private audio from its Messenger app

DPC to query Facebook on users' audio recordings

Business / 15 Aug 19

The Data Protection Commission already has eight individual probes into the US social media giant

Regulator queries Facebook on transcription of audio

Science and Technology / 14 Aug 19

It follows investigations opened last year regarding how Apple processes personal data for targeted advertising

Regulator opens third privacy investigation into Apple

Ireland / 02 Jul 19

Helen Dixon said the Data Protection Commission has opened 12 significant investigations into potential infringements by large US tech companies

Commissioner says US firms may have breached GDPR

technology / 01 May 19

The extra funding will allow it to take on 40 extra staff, bringing its total workforce to 180

Data Protection Commission gets €3.5m in extra funding

Budget 2019 / 09 Oct 18

The commission said that Facebook was continuing its own internal investigation into the breach

Commission to investigate Facebook data breach

Facebook / 03 Oct 18

The DPC issued no fines or sanctions against Yahoo following the 2016 data breach

DPC issues final report on 2016 Yahoo! data breach

technology / 08 Jun 18

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